Wounded warrior : the rise and fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson /
Glazer, Lawrence M.
Wounded warrior : the rise and fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson / Lawrence M. Glazer. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The rise -- pt. 2. The fall.
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Overview: New evidence in the bribery trial of Michigan's once-loved but now forgotten governor and politician, John Swainson. As a teenage soldier he lost both legs in a WWII landmine explosion. Back in the United States, following a meteoric political rise in the Michigan State Senate, Swainson was elected as Michigan's youngest governor since Stevens T. Mason. In 1970, Swainson was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, becoming one of the few public officials to have served in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government. Then, in 1975, he was indicted on federal charges of bribery and perjury, and convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. Forced to leave the state Supreme Court and disbarred from practicing law, he became a pariah, sinking into depression and alcoholism. He virtually disappeared from public view. Lawrence Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eyewitnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781609172060 160917206X 1628951516 9781628951516
MWT11404967
22573/ctt6z1v5n JSTOR
Swainson, John B. 1925-1994.
Swainson, John B. 1925-1994
Since 1951
Governors--Michigan--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
Governors.
Politics and government
Michigan--Politics and government--1951-
Michigan.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
F570.25.S93 / G55 2010eb
977.4/043092 B
Wounded warrior : the rise and fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson / Lawrence M. Glazer. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The rise -- pt. 2. The fall.
Use copy
Overview: New evidence in the bribery trial of Michigan's once-loved but now forgotten governor and politician, John Swainson. As a teenage soldier he lost both legs in a WWII landmine explosion. Back in the United States, following a meteoric political rise in the Michigan State Senate, Swainson was elected as Michigan's youngest governor since Stevens T. Mason. In 1970, Swainson was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, becoming one of the few public officials to have served in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government. Then, in 1975, he was indicted on federal charges of bribery and perjury, and convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. Forced to leave the state Supreme Court and disbarred from practicing law, he became a pariah, sinking into depression and alcoholism. He virtually disappeared from public view. Lawrence Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eyewitnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781609172060 160917206X 1628951516 9781628951516
MWT11404967
22573/ctt6z1v5n JSTOR
Swainson, John B. 1925-1994.
Swainson, John B. 1925-1994
Since 1951
Governors--Michigan--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
Governors.
Politics and government
Michigan--Politics and government--1951-
Michigan.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
F570.25.S93 / G55 2010eb
977.4/043092 B